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Moooove out the way! Bizarre moment herd of 85 COWS stampede down Somerset high street leaving pub-goers stunned

Pub-goers were left stunned when a stampede of cattle ran through a Somerset high street over the weekend. Around 85 cows thundered past the Phoenix Hotel in Chard town centre, in the south-west of England, on Saturday. Police were called out to the unusual scene, which was caught on the hotel's CCTV, at 9.45pm after receiving several calls from members of the public. Officers closed several roads so they could round up the herd with help from residents.  Amazing footage shows the moment the cows stampeded down the road.   Pub-goers were left stunned when a stampede of cattle ran through a Somerset high street over the weekend. Around 85 cows thundered past the Phoenix Hotel in Chard town centre, in the south-west of England, on Saturday The situation was brought under control by midnight and nobody was hurt. Steven Jones, manager at the Phoenix Hotel said: 'It was unbelievable, we have never seen anything like it here before. 'The cows were all moving at quite a pace, an

Work begins to demolish flat where Dawn Sturgess was fatally poisoned with Novichok meant for ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter

The flat where a woman was fatally poisoned with Novichok - the nerve agent meant for ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter - has started to be demolished today. Dawn Sturgess, 44, collapsed at her partner Charlie Rowley's home on June 30, 2018, after coming into contact with a perfume bottle containing Novichok. The mother-of-three died in hospital in Salisbury, Wiltshire, on July 8 that year. Mr Rowley was left seriously ill but recovered. His flat in Amesbury is situated eight miles away from Salisbury, where Russian former agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were poisoned with the nerve agent in March 2018. Demolition work began today on a flat in Amesbury, eight miles from Salisbury, where Dawn Sturgess was fatally poisoned with the nerve agent Novichok in 2018 Mother-of-three Dawn Sturgess and her partner Charlie Rowley fell ill at the flat after she handled a perfume bottle containing the poison. She died in hospital in Salisbury, Wiltshire, on July 8 that

Boris Johnson insists he has 'full confidence' in Baroness Dido Harding despite continued failures of coronavirus test and trace regime she runs amid Tory calls for her to QUIT

Boris Johnson has 'full confidence' in the former TalkTalk chief executive despite the continued poor performance of what is mean to be a 'world-beating' system under her management Downing Street rallied around beleaguered NHS test and trace boss Baroness Harding today as the Tory peer faced calls from within her own party to step aside.   Boris Johnson has 'full confidence' in the former TalkTalk chief executive despite the continued poor performance of what is mean to be a 'world-beating' system under her management. It came amid calls for her to step aside and allow someone else to breathe new life into what should b a major weapon in the Government's anti-coronavirus arsenal. Amid the talks between councils and Government about escalating the tier levels in England, the Government has faced increasing criticism that the NHS Test and Trace service, which was supposed to be the key to controlling the disease, is failing.  The system last week hit

BREAKING NEWS: Philadelphia police say two cops fired SEVEN gunshots EACH at Walter Wallace as he approached them with a knife

Walter Wallace Jr, 27, was killed by Philadelphia police officers on Monday  Police officials have revealed that two officers fired seven shots each at Walter Wallace Jr, a 27-year-old black man who was killed while approaching them with a knife. At a press conference on Tuesday, Philadelphia Police Chief Danielle Outlaw revealed new details in the case, which left the city rocked by protests after Wallace's death on Monday afternoon. Outlaw said that the two cops, who have not been publicly identified, fired a total of 14 shots, or seven each, at around 4pm Monday when officers were called out to reports of a domestic incident at Locust and South 61st streets in Cobbs Creek, West Philadelphia.  She said it was yet to be determined how many bullets struck Wallace. An attorney for his family claimed he was struck 10 times.  'There are many questions that demand answers. Residents have my assurance that those questions will be fully addressed by the investigation,' Outlaw sai

BBC pull controversial trailer for Oscar Pistorius documentary that did not even mention Reeva Steenkamp after viewers said it showed HIM as a victim

The BBC has pulled a trailer for a documentary on convicted murderer Oscar Pistorius after viewers criticised the broadcaster for portraying him as a victim and not naming Reeva Steenkamp, the woman he shot dead in 2013.  The trailer for The Trials Of Oscar Pistorius quoted admirers of the former Paralympian hailing him as a 'nice guy', suggesting that Steenkamp's death was an 'accident' and saying Pistorius had been 'thrown to the wolves' during his trial.  Critics berated the BBC for failing to mention Steenkamp's name and said the trailer was 'erasing' her memory and suggesting that Pistorius's fall from grace was the real tragedy of the story.  Pistorius, 33, had his conviction for killing Steenkamp upheld by South Africa's highest court in 2018 and is serving a 13-year prison sentence for her murder.  Reeva Steenkamp in 2012 with Oscar Pistorius who is serving a 13-year prison sentence for murdering her on Valentine's Day in 20

Moment black man, 27, armed with a knife was gunned down by two Philadelphia cops responding to a domestic - sparking night of BLM riots and looting

A black man, 27, said to be suffering a mental health crisis and armed with a knife was gunned down in the street by two Philadelphia cops Monday afternoon moments after his distraught mom tried to restrain him.   Walter Wallace, a father who had recently got married, was shot multiple times and killed around 4 p.m. Monday when officers were called out to reports of a domestic incident at Locust and South 61st streets in Cobbs Creek, West Philadelphia.  Bystander footage shows the cops shouting at Wallace to 'put the knife down' and him walking with his arm out before the two cops offload a hail of bullets into his body.     Philadelphia police said Wallace had a knife and didn't comply with officers' demands to drop it.  The man's family said he had mental health issues and was on medication.  The cops involved in the shooting have not been identified but the footage appears to show they are two white males.  Wallace's death is just the latest in a string of po